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NASA says Columbia Rescue was Possible

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the hindsight-being-what-it-is dept.

nuke-alwin writes "Apparently NASA is saying that a rescue mission may have been possible for the Columbia crew. I first saw this on TV, but Chicago Sun-Times is also reporting the story. The risks would have been great, and may have endangered more astronaut's lives."

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  1. WWKD? by Fortyseven · · Score: 5, Funny

    What would Kirk do?

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    1. Re:WWKD? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      beam the crew down to the planet? Then kick back and have a couple mai-tai's with some green bitch.

      Man, that guy had it made.

    2. Re:WWKD? by DarkBlackFox · · Score: 2, Funny

      WWKD?

      Get in with some foxy alien chick and forget his crew.

      On a serious note, in light of such tragedy, it's best to learn from mistakes, not dwell on them, and continue to move forward in space exploration. The resources used to determine that a rescue was possible should have been used to aid in getting the space program airborne again.

    3. Re:WWKD? by Chicane-UK · · Score: 5, Funny

      He'd make a plan and he'd follow through.. thats what James T Kirk would do.

      Kaaaahhhhhn!!!!!!

      Sorry :)

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    4. Re:WWKD? by Happy+go+Lucky · · Score: 2, Funny
      What would Kirk do?

      You! Must not! Watch! South Park! He! Would ask! What! Would! Brian Boitano Do!

      And then! Send! Some extras! In red shirts! Who don't even! appear! in the! closing! credits!

  2. They already tried rescues... by Bluesman · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...when Gregory Peck was in charge of NASA. It didn't really work out too well for the astronauts.

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  3. Non news by Evro · · Score: 4, Funny

    "If we had known the thing was going to blow up, we could have sent somebody up to get them."

    Uh, duh?

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    1. Re:Non news by dubbreak · · Score: 5, Funny

      Man that reminds me of a classmate in a high school math class:

      teacher: "Now if you turn to page 165.."
      student: "Ah man too bad it wasn't page 163, I turned right to it!!!"

      Geez, and if I knew i was going to be dumped i could have dumped the girl first.. oh wait I read /. I guess i did know it was coming...

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  4. WARNING - MATRIX SPOILER!!! by Talisman · · Score: 4, Funny

    DO NOT READ the second to last line of the last paragraph. He snuck in a Matrix spoiler.

    Dirty BASTARD! I HAVEN'T SEEN THE FILM YET!!!!

    Talisman

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  5. Nice troll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have worked on the shuttle program

    as what, a janitor ? since you read slashdot, methink you weren't in the top decisional sphere ...

    1. Re:Nice troll by John+Harrison · · Score: 2, Funny

      I wish I could troll that well. You certainly have trolled me haven't you? I wasn't a janitor and I wasn't a top decision maker either. OK, actually I was a janitor part time since Crip made us clean our own workspaces. You can click on my user page to see some of my qualifications, troll.

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  6. they should have done it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    imagine the tv movie possibilities

  7. Re:Associated Press leaves out the best bits by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Funny

    patch a hole in the left wing using odds and ends, including stainless steel parts, insulation, soft tiles ripped from the side of the shuttle, an ice pack and heat resistant tape.

    two or three rolls of duct-tape and it would've been as good as new.

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  8. Re:Possible, but not likely. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yes, in theory it was possible... But at what risk?

    Ah yes, the beginning of a long, skeptical whine session by someone trying to sound just like a risk-averse, bureaucracy-savvy pussy.

    In other words, a manager.

  9. Re:Hrmm by Amazing+Quantum+Man · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course it is! Didn't you see Armageddon?

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  10. Re:Whats done is done... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    catious

    Aaaahh! You're confusing me!

    "'Catious'? That doesn't look right... is it 'casious'? No... 'cascious'? yech... aha! 'Cautious'!" /. is bad for my spelling skills.

    (I imagine 'catious' would have something to do with positive ions.)